Work & commute · Afton

Work & commute in Afton, NY

Most working residents leave Afton for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Afton (12%), Sidney (9%) and Binghamton (7%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

33 of 319 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 286 Afton residents head out of town to work, 33 work right here, and 328 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Afton.

286live here, work elsewhere

33live and work here

328work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Afton goes to work

Afton0.2 mi away

12%37

Sidney13.8 mi away

9%28

Binghamton21.6 mi away

7%23

Union26.9 mi away

7%22

Vestal28.1 mi away

6%19

Kirkwood17 mi away

5%15

Greene12.9 mi away

4%13

Norwich21 mi away

3%11

New York135.9 mi away

3%11

Syracuse64.3 mi away

3%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%132

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Afton commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

26%

33%

13%

28%

26%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Afton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.13jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.13 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Afton are

361 jobs are based in Afton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Afton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Afton

361 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Afton residents hold

319 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−3%

Jobs based in Afton, 2013 → 2023: 372 → 361. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.